Willie Pettigrew
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Haddow Pettigrew | ||
Date of birth | 2 October 1953 | ||
Place of birth |
Motherwell , Scotland | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1971 | Hibernian | ||
1971–1972 | East Kilbride Thistle | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1979 | Motherwell[1] | 166 | (80) |
1979–1981 | Dundee United[1] | 58 | (21) |
1981–1984 | Hearts[1] | 68 | (26) |
1984–1985 | Morton[1] | 33 | (10) |
1985–1986 |
Hamilton Academical[1] | 3 | (0) |
Total | 328 | (137) | |
International career | |||
1976–1977 | Scotland[2] | 5 | (2) |
1978 |
Scottish League XI[3] | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Haddow Pettigrew (born 2 October 1953) is a Scottish former
Club career
Pettigrew started his career with Hibernian, but left them for junior club East Kilbride Thistle after failing to make a first-team breakthrough.
He joined
In 1979,
In 1981, Pettigrew moved to
International career
It was at Motherwell that he won five caps for Scotland, 4 in 1976 and 1 in 1977. Scotland won all five games, with Pettigrew scoring a goal in each of his first two appearances. He also played in two games for the Scottish Football League XI in 1978 that both ended in 1-1 draws, giving Pettigrew an unbeaten career as an internationalist of seven games. He scored the Scottish League goal in the second of those two games. Having debuted for Scotland aged 22, his last full cap was aged 23 and his international career at all levels was over aged 25.
Honours
- Dundee United
- 1980–81
- Heart of Midlothian
- SFL First Division promotion: 1982–83
- Scotland
References
- ^ a b c d e Willie Pettigrew at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ Willie Pettigrew at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ (SFL player) Willie Pettigrew, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ "Willie Pettigrew to be inducted to Hall of Fame". motherwellfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2019.